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| Audio Effects |
Moving on from the last Blog Post in relation to the Titles that can be added to a Premiere project, the next element that I will be looking into is that of the Audio and Video Effects. As previously mentioned in the last Blog Post these are both not something that is requirement in the specification minimum requirements however personally I feel that I would like to go over and above the specification. Also, I am confident that I will make use of both Audio and Video Effects in my promotional video and therefore I feel that this will be a worthwhile exercise to carry out. To begin with, in this blog post I will be looking at the Audio Effects.
As can be seen on this first screen print, there really is a vast array of different audio effects that can be used to edit your audio which really does a great deal of flexibility to the audio side of a project that you are making. In regards to this blog post, I have decided that it would not be a productive use of my time to go through the entire range of different audio effects that are on offer, however I will instead pick a selection that I feel that will be of use to me in the future.
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| Volume |
The first audio effect that I have decided to investigate is that of Volume. As the name suggests, once this effect has been applied to a piece of audio on the timeline (simply dragging and dropping the clip from the effects area to the timeline), one can then adjust the volume of the audio. Personally I think that this specific audio effect will actually come in rather useful and this is for one main reason. During the manufacture of the promotional video I will be using a wide variety of clips and these will be from different sources, some filmed by myself and others taken from previously made films and videos. With this in mind it is very likely that due to the difference in cameras and environment of filming this will mean that there will be differences in volume. For example one scene could be outside and another inside meaning a difference in volume. Taking this into consideration, the volume Level in DB (Decibels) can be altered to suit your preference in the Effects Controls panel. All in all I feel that this particularly Audio Effect is something that I am likely to use during my promotional video and therefore I am glad that I have looked into how this works as this will benefit me when I come to use it in the future.
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| Mute |
Another audio effect that I have decided to investigate is that of Mute. The use of the Mute audio effect is one that in the first instance sounds bizarre to include in the software as surely if one did not wish to have any audio in a particular element of a project then you would not include it. However, I personally feel that the mute effect could be quite useful in the production stage of a project. In particular you could have an audio clip that you have finished editing in an audio track and for the time being wish to mute it as to finish editing of other audio elements. Once again, once the Mute effect has been dragged and dropped from the effects area to the timeline and onto the audio clip, then one can navigate to the Effects Controls panel. As can be seen here, there are sliders to control the amount of mute. Having looking into the Mute effect, I am not too sure whether or not I would really make too much use of it in the production stage of my promotional video however it was still an effect worthwhile exploring.
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| Bass |
A third audio effect that I have decided to look into is that of Bass. The use of the Bass audio effect is one that could be used in conjunction with another audio effect called Treble. The terms of bass and treble are something that I have come across in the past in terms of adjusting the audio levels when listening to a piece of music, for example, in a car. By tweaking the bass output of a piece of music this increases the amount of low frequency sounds that are outputted from the speaker when played back. Often by increasing the bass (as well as the treble) can lead to a fuller and richer sounding piece of music and therefore adds to the listening pleasure too. In the situation of my promotional video there may well be opportunity for me to tweak the bass and/or treble levels of some audio, be it a song or commentary. As can be seen on the screen print here, by utilising the slider or inputting your own choice number, you can simply select the amount of bass that you require.
Having now looked at some of the Audio Effects that are available to me in Premiere, I think that this was a worthwhile exercise as this will benefit me in the future when I get to the stage of making the promotional video. With this in mind I will now look into the similar subject of Video Effects that are available in Premiere.
